An innocent caught up in a world
of subterfuge and jealousy
She loved a prince
who couldn’t love
loved a prince
who wouldn’t trust
He thought her a whore
so corrupted was he
He couldn’t see how anyone
could be so pure
so sure was he
of her sins.
Madness followed madness
He betrayed her deepest love
accused and then abused
until she too then
danced with madness.
Unkempt, half naked
flowers in her hair
flowers everywhere
she sang bawdy songs
to anyone who’d listen.
Some say it was suicide
others,
that she fell into the stream.
Wherever her soul sleeps now
I hope Ophelia’s dreams are
so much happier since all of
her hopes had been smashed
at the end of her too short-lived life.
~*~
© Daydreamertoo *All rights reserved
A tragdey (as told by me ) 🙂
Shared with Magpie Tales #124
a sad tale, indeed! love your telling of it!
♥
the realm of the mentally ill do seem so sad and unknown.
I feel that there is a little of Ophelia in most of us when it comes to love and rejection and loss…
Well written!
(I miss your poems by the way 🙂 )
I think i must have put her in this state at one time in my life, luckily, i have found the enchanted castle where she went to sleep .
Very well written observation of the course of madness.
Anna :o]
wow brilliant
absolutely gorgeous. really beautiful!
A classic case of projection says Dr. Freud.
it’s like liers think everyone else is lying to them
You took Shakespeare, turned it upside down – inside out, created a beautiful contemporary piece.
This was awesome! I fell in love with her maddness.
A really good telling of this story.
=)
What a fabulous portrayal, you could really feel the depth of the verse.
Sad story indeed, but nonetheless … good for my soul … weird, eh?
This has to be one of your best. A fine and powerful telling of the tale.
Shakespeare would have admired your poetic take on the old story.
Indeed a tragedy..
beautifully expressed 🙂
So beautifully (and concisely) expressed!
It was sad. It was cruel and it broke her little heart. A pity she couldn’t take it. Great write Bren!
Hank
Sad tale!
Ophelia’s fate, well written!
You conveyed this sad story beautifully…
So tragic, well written. Madness did follow madness…
this is such a beauty of a poem, dreamer. you have captured the essence of shakespeare’s
ophelia, her heart.
Tragic, and well told. Kudos.
Yoiks, love hurts sometimes. Well done, Bren.
“she sang bawdy songs
to anyone who’d listen.”
This is really beautifully done.
Poor Ophelia…doomed to love such a cad! Very well composed!
i hope she has much happier dreams now as well…nice bit of homework you did on ophelia as well…he drug her into madness….how oft that happens…one to another..
The stream can take many away from the light of day.
He couldn’t see how anyone
could be so pure
so sure was he
of her sins.
This is striking…I feel those condemning eyes…the poem in its entirety is well written, Bren!!